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Aquino slams forensics expert with 'Recto-like diploma'

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/99NGAV1X_vI" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>MANILA - Former president Benigno Aquino III on Monday criticized a forensics expert who slammed his administration&#x27;s vaccination program despite allegedly having a certification similar to those from Recto, a street infamous for the sale of fake documents.&quot;Lahat na lang po may opinyon, kuwalipikado man o hindi -- lalo na po may isang maingay na ang certification ay tila isang antas lang sa nabibiling diploma sa Recto,&quot; Aquino said during a House hearing into the immunization drive.(Everyone has an opinion, whether qualified or not -- especially one noisy individual whose certification is just a notch above the diplomas you can buy in Recto.)&quot;May nagsiyasat sa certification niya at nagsulat ng artikulo. Galing po ang certification ng maingay na ito sa kuwestyonableng kurso kung saan manonood ka lang daw ng video nang 1 oras at kalahati saka mag-exam nang open book at matapos mong magbayad ng $660 ay certified ka na sa forensics,&quot; he added.(Someone checked his certification and wrote an article. The certification of this noisy person was from a questionable course, where you&#x27;d just watch a video for an hour and half, take an exam with your book open, pay $660 and get certified in forensics.)Aquino did not say who he was referring to.The Public Attorney&#x27;s Office had claimed that its forensics experts have found a pattern in the death of at least 18 children who received the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia under the Aquino administration.Aquino&#x27;s spokesperson Abigail Valte recently wrote an article saying that Dr. Erwin Erfe, who led PAO&#x27;s examination, received forensic training from a &quot;certification mill.&quot;&quot;I looked up Dr. Erfe on LinkedIn and found that his profile lists him as a &#x27;Fellow of and Certified Forensic Physician of the American College of Forensic Examiners Inst,&quot; Valte said in a Malaya <a href="http://www.malaya.com.ph/business-news/opinion/acosta-and-erfe-real-csi" target="_blank">article</a>.&quot;Former members and other critics call ACFEI a &#x27;certification mill,&#x27; and &#x27;expertise on the go,&#x27; and these were essentially confirmed when a student named Leah Bartos (with no background in medicine or forensics) was able to become a member after paying 660 USD.&quot;PAO chief Atty. Persida Acosta, however, defended Erfe, saying the latter has training in forensic anthropology and has been a medico-legal consultant since 1996.During the hearing, Aquino said that Dengvaxia may cause fever for 2 days, lower platelet count and bruising -- but not circulatory failure, profound shock syndrome or organ impairment, according to its maker, France&#x27;s Sanofi Pasteur.He reiterated that his administration rolled out the Dengvaxia program in response to a spike in the number of dengue cases in 2012 and 2013.

Former president Benigno Aquino III on Monday criticized a forensics expert who slammed his administration's vaccination program despite allegedly having a certification similar to those from Recto, a street infamous for the sale of fake documents.

Former president Benigno Aquino III on Monday criticized a forensics expert who slammed his administration's vaccination program despite allegedly having a certification similar to those from Recto, a street infamous for the sale of fake documents.

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Aquino slams forensics expert with 'Recto-like diploma'

Jamaine Punzalan,

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Published Feb 26, 2018 11:39 AM PHT

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Updated Dec 12, 2019 03:51 PM PHT

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